I spent 90 minutes one afternoon with a producer of a video
line that's reviewed on these pages, who felt that creativity
and "vision", (meaning budget, I think) should be the
mitigating factors in determining what wins an alternative
adult tape award.

I don't think the word titillation ever came up in the
conversation, because, as I pointed out to him, that's one of
the things you find lacking in most adult features,
alternative adult features (including his) and miscellaneous
product that suggests being a distant relative of either of
those two.

When I think of titillation, I have one thing in mind, and
I'm tapping into one of my baser instincts (and by golly, I
still have it) —the complete and utter rapture I
experience in watching a beautiful woman disrobe— and
the lingering opportunities provided by the camera to do so.
Lots of tapes on the market forget this simple tried and true
gimmick.

On the other hand, shows like Starlet Screentest III
and Big Bust Casting Call operate on the simple
premise of voyeurism, and for that reason, I think that's why
they're so universally popular. They're truly exploitational
with no sense of pretense.

Big Bust Casting Call, by its title, is more obvious
in what it's catering to —a big bust fetish, and many
of the girls featured in this tape are no strangers to XXX.
Nikki Dial offers perhaps the most of which feature hot tub
scenarios, lingerie modeling or dancing. Full nudity and
generous camera close-ups makes this a winner.

Ditto with Starlet Screentest III which features some
really stunning blondes, one of which is Carrie Janise whom
you'll recognize if you're a regular to these pages. In her
audition, Carrie, a lithesome, long-legged beauty plays a
college student who strips naked in order to wrangle a better
grade out of her professor. Fortunately, none of the other
skits gets any more brain-intensive than that.